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Q&A With CNA: Russia's Troop Build-up on Ukraine's Border

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Julian Waller answers questions about Russia’s military buildup on Ukraine’s border amid Russian intervention in Kazakhstan and the approaching spring.

of Russian and other regional military forces into Kazakhstan under the auspices of the Collective Security Treaty Organization's (CSTO) direct intervention was limited and did not substantively divert ... . This was the first such CSTO mission, even though the organization's member-states have been practicing for this kind of joint, Russian-led security action for some time. The intervention, at least ... the cascade of political violence, riots and protest such that domestic security forces were able to regain control of major cities and regions without further spirals of disorder. We will see how events

China’s Gaza Diplomacy Takes a Page from Its Ukraine Playbook

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China claims it can mediate between Israel and Palestinians, but as with Russia-Ukraine, Beijing has clearly picked one side and lost diplomatic credibility.

States. China’s position is consistent with Xi Jinping’s Global Security Initiative , where he makes the case for a new approach to global governance, but its application to the conflict in Gaza only serves to highlight its limitations. Occupying the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council in November, Chinese officials have sought to portray their country as a mediator and to enhance ... is unlikely to succeed as a mediator due to the perception that it is overtly partial. Although China’s 2023 Global Security Initiative refers to antiterrorism 11 times, in its official statements

Israel’s New Government is the Most Far-Right in its History

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San Plapinger examines how Benjamin Netanyahu’s new hardline government could impact the country’s relations with Jordan, Egypt, Bahrain and the UAE.

is a Research Scientist with CNA’s Special Activities and Intelligence Program . His work focuses on strategic competition, irregular warfare, fleet operations and Middle East security issues. From 2020 ... Security’s recent provocative visit to the Temple Mount and Al-Aqsa Mosque on January 3 did not do much to assuage these fears. This rightward shift comes in the midst of Israel’s increasing diplomatic ... , economic deals, and increasing military cooperation and integration, particularly vis-a-vis the perceived shared threat posed by Iran . Besides the six countries that have formally made peace

China's Party Congress Report Highlights New Challenges

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Xi Jinping’s report celebrated China’s recent accomplishments but warned of new challenges from the United States and global economic conditions.

, development, cooperation, and mutual benefit are unstoppable” … but “the deficit in peace, development, security, and governance is growing.” This was eye-catching for those who follow the catechisms ... and Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Division . On October 16, 2022, the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party opened in Beijing with General Secretary Xi Jinping delivering a two-hour ... long-standing key judgments that had been fundamental to shaping Beijing’s willingness to take risks with economic reform at home and guide its approach to national security and military affairs

3 Steps Toward Transforming the Department of Defense

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The Future of Defense Task Force of the House Armed Services Committee recently released a roadmap to prepare the U.S. Department of Defense for the battlefield of the future.

?” This began with the two things a Department of the Space Force needed to achieve from a functional perspective: meet national security space objectives and operate effectively as a military department ... within a revised national security structure. It also acknowledges the need for further steps to figure out what this means and how it should be achieved. But their report also suggests an explicitly ... newest service to meet national security space objectives. Congressional and Pentagon leadership were already looking for alternatives to the traditional, rigid set of steps and approvals

Antarctica is the New Arctic

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Twenty years ago the Arctic was untouched aside from a few hardy explorers and the occasional submarine. Now the High North has become another facet of great power competition.

competition. /images/InDepth/Post40.jpg Antarctica is the New Arctic Security and Strategy in the Southern Ocean 40 Ralph Espach and Nilanthi Samaranayake Nilanthi Samaranayake directs the Strategy and Policy Analysis program. She has led several studies at CNA on Indian Ocean and South Asia security. Ralph Espach is a senior research scientist at CNA's Strategy and Policy Analysis program. He is an expert on inter-American security relations, especially regarding Central America and Brazil, the security implications of climate change, and security cooperation. The world is evolving rapidly

cna talks: ISIS Tactics

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The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has received a lot of attention for their innovative tactics on and off the battlefield including their messaging, media activities and technology use. How innovative are they really? And, how should the U.S. and allies react? Listen along as Dr. Eric Thompson talks with four of CNA's experts to discuss what you need to know about ISIS's tactics. Topics include: ISIS's use of social media ISIS's use of drones, car bombs and tunnels The importance of holding territory ISIS's affiliates The effects of and reasons for barbarity The transfer of knowledge online The role of virtual technology

and director of CNA's Center for Strategic Studies. His most recent work addressed counterterrorism operations, security cooperation activities, military-to-military relations with Egypt, interoperability ... . Her research is at the intersection of security and development in conflict and post-conflict regions with a regional focus on Africa. Zack Gold is an associate research analyst at CNA focused on non-state armed groups. He is an expert in Egyptian security and U.S. democratization, development, and security policy in the Middle East. ContactName /*/Contact/ContactName ContactTitle

What Happened at the Biden-Yoon Summit?

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Brian Waidelich examines the US and South Korea’s “Washington Declaration,” and what it means for strategic deterrence on the Korean Peninsula.

Scientist with CNA’s Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Program. His research research focuses on Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) organization and Indo-Pacific maritime and space security issues ... on a raft of traditional and nontraditional security threats, from the war in Ukraine to the situation in the Taiwan Strait. Their second joint statement, more pointed in nature, focused squarely ... into the fold on nuclear deterrence against Pyongyang, primarily by increasing transparency and cooperation in related decision-making. The declaration noted the establishment of a bilateral Nuclear

Digging Deeper on Great Power Competition in a New US Administration

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Over the past few years, great power competition (GPC) has become the organizing principle for US national strategy.

become the organizing principle for US national strategy. The 2017 National Security Strategy (NSS) codified growing discussion that the United States is in a "great power competition" with both China ... with Russia, especially as concern mounts over China’s financial activities there. Conversely, the aforementioned US national security and defense strategies rightly emphasize the importance of alliances and partnerships with non-allied countries. The NSS, for example, prioritizes building quadrilateral cooperation with Japan, Australia and India through what is known as the Quad. Indeed, the Quad

China-Russia Energy Relations

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Chinese president Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin inaugurated the Power of Siberia pipeline, which links the world's largest natural gas exporter to the world's largest natural gas importer.

the project as a “landmark project of bilateral energy cooperation.” The opening of the pipeline is the capstone of a nearly 20-year effort by Beijing to build the infrastructure necessary to make Russia ... and the imposition of Western sanctions on Russia for its annexation of Crimea in 2014 adding impetus for cooperation. For China, the pipeline is part of a larger picture that the United States ... of Siberia, Xi and Putin both praised the pipeline as a symbol of closer bilateral relations. On that same day, Xi told Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev that China and Russia should